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Posted by: fuzdragonwind.7219

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This is half a question and half a suggestion because at one point this was asked before long time ago.

How about new weapon types into the game? 2-h axe was hinted at some point in time. When people asked about it “got to save ideas for later wink” was a dev response.

So, what are people’s thoughts about these suggested (missing) weapon types?
2-h axe
Scythe
Crossbow
Whip
Fist/Claw

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Posted by: Omarion.3769

Omarion.3769

I like all of the above suggestions.

I would add:

Flail
Battle staff ( a kungfu one as opposed to a magic staff)

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Posted by: Thaddeus.4891

Thaddeus.4891

I would first prefer to have option to switch skill on current weapons so you are not stuck with a fix 5 skill on a particular weapons. That said, new weapon are always welcome, but they need to fix for the current profession (unless they bring a new 9th eventually) and with the balance of the game.

- 2h axe : will probably only work with Guardian and Warrior
- Scythe : will work for Necromancer, but don’t know with other class. Anyway, this won’t really work since they is already a staff that look like a Scythe, so i think this weapon will never be in GW2.
- Crossbow : Right now it would probably be use by Ranger, Warrior, Thief (with engineer too would be nice). Profession that already use bow so the crossbow won’t bring that much. A arrows throwing 2 hand weapon. I think that 1 hand mini crossbow (a bit like in Diablo 3), would be better, since they bring something a bit different. This weapon would fix nicely to the Thief, Engineer and Necromancer.
- The whip : This would only fit for the Ranger in my opinion. But you can be creative and make a magical whip for the Mesmer. Maybe the Thief and Necromancer
- Fist/Claw : This would only fix for a Monk/Ninja profession that don’t exist right now or the thief. I think its not the best option out there. So its a no for me.
- Flail : Too similar to a mace? Main hand Guardian and Warrior that don’t bring that more new content. Its not bad, but better option exist.
- Battle Staff : For thief and Ranger? That could be a nice acrobatic weapon for the thief that for sure. But its a thief, not a ninja. I’m not sure on that one.

I would like to add Polearms to the suggestion. That would work nicely for the Guardian, Warrior, but also for the ranger and Necromancer
Also some kind of throwing weapons. Like Javelin, Knives, Shuriken, etc. Not all of them, but maybe 1. That could be nice as off hand weapons for a hybrid melee/close range weapon combo for like the thief.

Also, don’t forget about existing weapon that could be use by other profession. Like the Greatsword for the Elementalist

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Posted by: fuzdragonwind.7219

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ok if we’re going to link weapons to professions, thats a whole different topic than “what could be added or was missing”.

i suppose i’ll comment on this new topic though while hopefully grab more people to pitch in with the brainstorm.
- 2-h axe: warrior (obviously), ranger, necro. reason is because necro is missing a melee and its a potential vs the next weapon idea. both ranger and necro already have 1-h axe.
- scythe: ok yeah this one is limited, however note that there are devish in gw1. where is those respective skills? i see some in warrior and ranger but devish kinda took from a lot of things but used a scythe… i hate circular logic. necro, warrior
- crossbow: engineer, warrior, ranger, thief. engineer is a definite because its more techy than a bow, but simple and yes potentially 1-h.
- whip: ranger, thief, mesmer. yeah whips would be linked to domination, and if anyone can pull of glamour, they can =p and whips can be decorative and deadly equally. it is more defensive otherwise but won’t “fit” with guardian as far as i know.
- fists/claws: thief, maybe ranger and maybe mesmer. claws require flexibility and style while fists require speed and cunning. there’s really nothing skill-wise that’ll link to this weapon, but class potential is there. maybe necro for a different set of lifesteal (if not on/mixed-with scythe).
- flail: because i didn’t think of this at first, all i can think of is warrior and guardian. it seems to be just a mace of different range.
- melee staff: ok this will be silly but… elementalist and ranger, NOT thief and NOT warrior, maybe guardian. a melee 2-h is obviosuly needed for ele, this will be it. it doesn’t seem to fit with warrior despite that warriors are masters of (combat) weapons. guardians are defense, and real monks would use them for both assistance and battle, so yeah. rangers might get use out of it but thief? no, they’re based off 1-h items… so yeah lol

i kinda agree about ele’s and greatsword, however they have the elite, i feel a battle staff would work out better.